VTLE vs. VET, CRGY, PARR, AESI, TALO, KRP, DMLP, KOS, CRK, and SBOW
Should you be buying Vital Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Energy include Vermilion Energy (VET), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Par Pacific (PARR), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) and Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Vermilion Energy received 332 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.76% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 38.30% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Vital Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, suggesting that its stock price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 8 mentions for Vital Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.10 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vermilion Energy currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 111.33%. Vital Energy has a consensus target price of $59.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.19%. Given Vital Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than Vital Energy.
31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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